Tech Company Financing Transactions

Gro Biosciences Funding Round

Leaps by Bayer, Redmile Group and Digitalis Ventures participated in a $25 million Series A funding round for Gro Biosciences. The funding round was announced on 11/6/2021.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
11/6/2021
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$25,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Leaps by Bayer (Lead Investor) (Jürgen Eckhardt)

Redmile Group (Lead Investor)

Digitalis Ventures (Geoffrey Smith)

Innovation Endeavors

Proceeds Purpose
The capital raised will support development of the GRO platform, scale-up of bioprocess manufacturing, preclinical validation studies and IND-enabling studies for GRObio's pipeline of unique non-standard amino acid (NSAA) protein therapeutics to treat autoimmune and metabolic diseases.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
127 Western Ave.
Boston, MA 02134
USA
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
GRO Biosciences is leveraging breakthrough technologies from computational protein design and synthetic biology to develop best-in-class protein therapeutics with enhanced properties.
Profile
Gro Biosciences LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Gro Biosciences Company Twitter Account
Company News
Gro Biosciences News
Facebook
Gro Biosciences on Facebook
YouTube
Gro Biosciences on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Mandell
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Chief Scientific Officer
Christopher Gregg
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Co-Founder
George Church
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Co-Founder
Andrew Ellington
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Co-Founder
Marc Lajoie
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Co-Founder
Ross Thyer
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